''Vetulonia parajeffreysi'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.

Description

The shell grows to a height of 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, found at depths between 730 m and 1600 m.

References

* Absalão R.S. & Pimenta A.D. (2005). ''New records and new species of Vetulonia Dall, 1913 and Brookula Iredale, 1912 from Brazil (Gastropoda, Trochidae).'' The Veliger 47(3): 193–201 * Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. ''Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico,'' Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas parajeffreysi Gastropods described in 2005 {{Seguenzioidea-stub